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Hi Folks,
Been vacant on the site here the last few months. Just wanted to take a minute and do a quick blog about what I've been doing in the shed the last few weeks.

This year I decided I wanted to be a stronger 2 mallet player. From the time I got on the vibes in college after playing marimba for a year or two I pretty quickly committed to 4 mallets, all the time. The whole approach from the Burton school, comping, dampening, etc.
I love it!

Careers in Jazz By Bill Anschell www.billanschell.com

He's so great to listen to and to watch play! Beautiful video!

Saw this online and bought it! I have listened to some of the first track and I really like it. Sounds like a different Ed so far. You can hear his Burton influence! Can't wait to listen to the rest of it!

Hey all,
I came to the website to post about my June show, then got overtaken by the Konnakkol duet and completely forgot my intention. Check it out in recent activity if you haven't already done so. Amazing is too small a word.
So now to get back on track:
I'm introducing Nick Mancini's new CD The Long Game with a beauty of a track called "Gingerlilly."

I know a lot of people use a RockNRoller or similar to transport their instruments, but I'm having trouble figuring it out. An M55 frame is 56 inches long. So if you lay it flat, you need the biggest model (60" base) and that doesn't leave any room for the bars. And that RockNRoller weighs 35 lbs. on its own.

So what do you do? Stand up the frame and bungee it? Lay it across the bed? Neither of those options seem stable. Advice appreciated -- pictures even more :-).

Tom P.

I've always loved this tune from the Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album. Joe Locke also has a great version on his first "Blues and Ballads" CD. I got to play it on a gig recently with a sax player. I had a job interview this morning and I was already dressed up, so I thought I would shoot a quick and dirty (but clean clothes!) video of a quick performance.

Anyone know why this is priced like this. I do. I'll wait and see who can figure it out.

It better be good and have sexy pictures of vibe players in it!!!

I think I do. I found it on Amazon, that's the clue.